Judy Garland

Judy Garland

The international adoration that Judy Garland secured with her appearance in the Wizard of Oz would remain with her forever, but few could have known the unbearably high price she would pay for attaining such iconic status.

Review 'Paul Donnelley's concise but informative text illuminates the superb black and white photographs that illustrate this masterful introduction to a woman who paid the price of others' greed and folly. A cautionary tale that demonstrates how fame truly is a hollow victory.' QX International MEN WHO MADE JUDY A MONSTER Judy Garland was a huge hit as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz A NEW book reveals how Hollywood turned Judy Garland from sweet film icon into drug-addled victim... Her daughter famously recalled how she learned to dial for room service at a young age. It was that, Liza Minnelli said, or go hungry. It's hardly the mark of a dedicated mother. Judy Garland, her children have said, hardly gave them much of a childhood. She dragged them from hotel to hotel, often flitting out under cover of darkness without paying her bills, and subjected them to her repeated suicide attempts and a string of disastrous relationships....